innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
sophisticated; refined; witty; urbane; unconstrained
go that far; to that extent
wicked tongue; abusive language
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
polish; improvement; burnishing
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
true character; real nature
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
eccentric; crank; oddball
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
distrust; unjust suspicion
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome